Going Banana's in '09

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[quote]jbird643 wrote:
Hey man, if I were you I would probably cut the fish oil back to 4 capsules a day. That’s all you need to make a fat burning difference, and the additional 12 capsules are providing you with a lot of fat and calories with no taste. I’d suggest substituting the 12 capsules with the caloric equivalent of some whole foods,nothing, or something calorically in between these two. What do the experts think about this suggestion?

-J[/quote]

I am taking them for the fat loss benifits aswell as loads of others such as brain boosting, sleep, anti infammation, joint care etc. I understadn what you are saying thou. im trying to take 20 a day. so dropping 16 of them would be ~140 calories less… which would be an extra pounds of fat loss every month. talking roughly that is… but i dont know if this benifit alone is enough for me to drop them as i feel they help.

What does everyone else think?

Scott

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07.30 Wake up

07.45
2 thermopure
1 multi
4 fish oil

08.00 MEAL 1
4 boiled eggs

Day 2 at work. :smiley: im looking forward to it. Fuck all sleep so it aint going to be that much fun. Im only working 9-1 cuz i got an exam at 2-4. then its gym time. Might have to cut some sets back or something, i am really worn out. but from now on i have no excuse to get to bed early, no more exams etc. Work, Gym, Socialise, Repeat is my summer planned out.

09.00 - 13.00 Work

14.00 MEAL 2
2 tins of tuna
mayo

4 fish oil

16.00 MEAL 3
whey/casein shake
10g BCAA
5g CEE
3g Beta analine

4 fish oil

17.00 GYM

Front Squat
60kg x5
80kg 3x5

Back Squat ATG
80kg x5
100kg 3x5

Overhead Press
80kg x5
90kg 2x5

Hang Snatch
50kg x5
55kg 2x4
60kg x3

During
15g BCAA
2 Litres Water

18.00 MEAL 4
whey shake
10g BCAA
5g CEE
1.5g Beta analine

19.30 MEAL 5
Hot Dog Sausage

19.45 - 2130 Photography/walking about the park in the sun :smiley:

22.30 MEAL 6
Casein shake
4 fish oil
3 ZMA

23.00 Bed

Cals 1975
Carbs 10.9
Protein 217
Fat 115

Not a great day. Cals a bit too high in my opinion. Im starting to suffer from my adventures at the weekend. I have a pretty bad cold coming on, so im hammering in the Vit c and Vit B in the form of Berroca capsules. I think its becasue i got so little sleep at the weekend and then first day at work one of the guys had a cough, then i got no sleep that night. So my immune system is probably well down. Think ill get over it quickly.

The heat coupled with the noticible effects of the noops on the “repetitive” tasks that i am performing at work has made me not hungry at all at work and has definitly suppressed my appetite. Im literally not feeling hungary so forgeting to eat. Tomorrow im going to set a pile of alarms on my phone to remind me to eat every 3 hours roughly.

Gym session was pretty shit due to having a cod, forgetting my headphones and not having been in in a week. But there all excuses, rationlisations that im not going to accept. i need to man the fuck up and hammer it home tomorrow. i need to grip this routine that i am now in due to working 9-5 and use it to my advantage. I need to look at my “working day” being 9-7.30pm. 5-7.30 being time spent in the gym. then after that i can chill out in the sun with friends, smoke some weed watever. I also need to make sure im getting 8 hours sleep a night at least. I usually strive on routine when i get it down.

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You seem to be on the right track sir. Keep hammering away, and you will soon reap the benefits.

426

06.45 Wake up

07.00
2 thermopure
4 fish oil
1 multi

1 berorca

07.10 MEAL 1
4 boiled eggs

08.00 - 16.00 Work

11.00 MEAL 2
50g Chicken

12.00 MEAL 3
50g Chicken

16.00 MEAL 4
Whey/casein shake
10g BCAA
5g CEE
3g Beta analine

16.10 GYM

Bench
20kg x8
60kg x5
80kg x5
90kg 3x5

Military Press
60kg 2x8

Push Press
80kg 1x3

DB Curls
25kg 3x5

Supersetted with

Tri Press downs
8 3x5

17.00 MEAL 4
Whey Shake
10g BCAA
1.5g Beta analine
5g CEE

4 fish oil

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[quote]thosebananas wrote:
jbird643 wrote:
Hey man, if I were you I would probably cut the fish oil back to 4 capsules a day. That’s all you need to make a fat burning difference, and the additional 12 capsules are providing you with a lot of fat and calories with no taste. I’d suggest substituting the 12 capsules with the caloric equivalent of some whole foods,nothing, or something calorically in between these two. What do the experts think about this suggestion?

-J

I am taking them for the fat loss benifits aswell as loads of others such as brain boosting, sleep, anti infammation, joint care etc. I understadn what you are saying thou. im trying to take 20 a day. so dropping 16 of them would be ~140 calories less… which would be an extra pounds of fat loss every month. talking roughly that is… but i dont know if this benifit alone is enough for me to drop them as i feel they help.

What does everyone else think?

Scott[/quote]

Your doing the right thing. I’ve even taken more then 20g a day when dieting. Right now I’m taking 30g a day (a mix of liquid and caps) mainly to improve insulin sensitivity and better nutrient partitioning which in turn leads to better Free Fatty Acid mobilisation and more fat loss. OK, it may be a negligible amount. But every little bit helps!

Shit, there’s people that take even more then me when they’re dieting.

Carry on mate, it’s all good!

LR

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Nice work Scott, both in the gym and out. It’s clear that you have your priorities straight. It’s also cool to look back at early posts and see how much you’ve progressed throughout the year. Keep it up, it is inspirational (no homo).

How did the exam go today?

-J

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I know my log has been shit over the past few days. Im struggling big time with the flu and the 6.30 starts are catching up with me.

On positive notes, im dipped under 120kg for the first time… i was 118.5kg at the gym the other day after 3 meals.

I am conisidering switching to a mon/wed/fri with cardio at weekends sort of split as i just dont have the time to train and recover that i used to.

Should get this back on track when i start to get my time management under control.

Scott

430

Good to see you slip under the 120 mark. You know what to expect next week. Get planning and lets see you take it to the next level…

Good luck… seriously. No fecking excuses.

Gary

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post some improvement pics tmrw and it will make up for your hiatus.

im joking, you have a lot going on and posting on T-Nation should be at the bottom of your priorities. stay strong hombre

-J

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You’ve the potential to come out with one of the best transformations on this site… keep at it. You’re doing good!

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[quote]Hanley wrote:
You’ve the potential to come out with one of the best transformations on this site… keep at it. You’re doing good![/quote]

x2

434

x3 :smiley:

[quote]NewDamage wrote:
Hanley wrote:
You’ve the potential to come out with one of the best transformations on this site… keep at it. You’re doing good!

x2[/quote]

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x 4
And may I add: SWINE FLOOOOOOOOO!

:smiley:
Keep it up, mate.

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Update.

Had a great time in newcastle last weekend. Then are party in glasgow was great too for more than one reason :wink:

But i got less than 5 hours sleep across those 2 days. Started full time work on Monday and i was in for a shock. It was fucking busy, and stressful. I developed a cold which got worse and worse over the week. I took about 5 berorca capsules a day and it started to ease up. Im still suffering from it but its now on the decline. today is my 11th day in a row of working.

Last week i forgot to book a week off my PR part time work at night. So i was effectivily working 9-6 in the office and then 9-12 at night. I had to get up at 6.30am to get into the office on time. So my preparation went out the fucking window. I reverted back to a typical 3 meals a day. meat, veg and spuds kind of diet. Which is completly my fault, and more preparation would have stopped happening. this pisses me off even more as i was able to cope on the diet while still partying for 2 days straight. im a fucking idiot.

Ive limited my part time hours this week to get back on track. Just out the gym and a log of the day is to follow. with pics to see how much ive regressed. ive gotten lighter in the past week but i beleive the majority of it to be muscle which is gash.

Basically thats whats been happening to me. Other things of note are:

My headphone/ipod broke as it turns out it aint sweat proof, im fucking raging about this. music definatly makes me 10% stronger and generally better.

My friend was diagnosed with swine flu which is fucking gash.

Ive been on a date with the girl from the party. its going well, could be checking off one of my goals soon :smiley: although shes being all confusing.

Pics and todays log to follow.

I apologise for my absence and feel ive let you guys down with my week of a diet that could destroy all my progress.

Scott

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Last week
Waist 39.5inch - .5inch decrease
Chest 43 - 1.5 inch decrease
Shoulders 51 inch - no decrease
Bicep 16.25 inch - 0.75 inch decrease
Top of thigh 28 inch - 1 inch decrease
Bottom of thigh 21 inch - 1 inch decrease
Calf 18 inch - no decrease

Today
Waist 42 + 2.5inch
Chest 44 + 1 inch
Shoulders 51 inch - no change
Bicep 16.5 inch - no change
Top of thigh - 29inch + 1 inch
Bottom of thigh 22.5 + 1.5 inch
Calf

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Fucking raging.

Ive gotten lighter and i look like a bloated whale. How much muscle have i lost for fucks sake.

Cheers for the words of praise from the above…

I wont let you down.

Scott